Movie Industry: VPNs and Tor Pose a Threat to Legitimate Streaming Platforms
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#2Movie industry: we're not going to give a bunch of people any way to pay us for our content.
Also movie industry: why are so many people watching our content without paying us for it?
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#3They pose a threat to the efficacy of region blocking
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#4Part of me wishes that the film industry's initial resistance to home video and streaming platforms had succeeded so that COVID-19 would have buried the entire business.
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#5VPNs and Tor: Movie Industry Pose a Threat to Legitimate Streaming Platforms
e: I do love that ThePirateBay is still sailing around the internet. The middle finger that could.
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#6Their tears of unfathomable sadness are delicious.
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#7>However, they can use tools such as VPNs to access them in locations where the platforms and content are not licensed.
>For example, if Netflix is not available in country X, people could use a VPN to make it appear they come from country Y, where the service is legally available. This is a problem, MPA notes, particularly in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Hmmmmm....well maybe the idea of region locking and licensing content to specific regions in a world where everywhere is instantly connected to everywhere else is for lack of a better word...completely fucking idiotic.
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#8Well hey, that's what happens when you turn streaming into cable.
I had Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu subscriptions last year.
Today, I have none of those, except for one or two video purchases I made on Amazon.
Now I'm supposed to have Disney+, CBS All Access, HBO Max, Peacock, etc., and that list will probably grow. And we're at a low point in what we consider entertainment. It's bread and circuses up the wazoo. And now I'm apparently supposed to pay more(I heard the Netflix subscription increased again).
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#9Part of me wishes that the film industry's initial resistance to home video and streaming platforms had succeeded so that COVID-19 would have buried the entire business.
That would be hilarious.
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#10Has anyone actually ever succeeded in streaming anything over tor? It’s usually so slow that ordinary html pages take several seconds. I can’t imagine streaming would work...